Johnson Won't Lead GOP After Midterm Losses

Speaker Mike Johnson told staff on a Wednesday call that he won't seek to lead House Republicans as minority leader next Congress. CBS News projects Democrats will control the House after Tuesday's midterms, and NBC News reports the same. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan are considered the likely candidates, and Republicans plan leadership elections on Nov. 10. Back home, the man who left the gate open doesn't get to pick the crew that fixes it. The voters sent people to Washington to secure the border, cut spending, and quit making promises nobody keeps, and they're watching who shows up for the next round. Stepping away before the vote sounds like a man who read the same polls the rest of us did.